Benetta Slaughter, the AMC boss of Lisa McPherson who was in
fact THE person most responsible for destroying Lisa,
incorporated The Lisa Foundation and The Lisa McPherson
Foundation in Florida the day before the incorporation papers
filed by Ken Dandar landed at the Secretary of State Office in
Florida.

It now looks as though the Estate of Lisa McPherson will have
to file a lawsuit against Benetta Slaughter to rightfully
reclaim its property.

These two women setting up the Lisa Foundation in Florida is
like OJ Simpson setting up the Nicole Simpson Foundation. It
is sickening that they have been ordered to do this by
scientology. But then again, they are sicker for following
the order.

> Benetta Slaughter, the AMC boss of Lisa McPherson who was in fact THE
> person most responsible for destroying Lisa, incorporated The Lisa
> Foundation and The Lisa McPherson Foundation in Florida the day before the
> incorporation papers filed by Ken Dandar landed at the Secretary of State
> Office in Florida.

Look, Co$ does this kind of thing, morphing itself into what
would / could cause it any greif, and then changing it into
itself. Just like CAN.

The fact that there was going to be a Lisa Foundation had been
announced for quite a while, long enough for Co$ to do one of their
"Big OT" turnabouts on it.

I'm sure they are laughing and very proud that they pulled the rug
out from under The Lisa Foundation, and excreting on Lisa McPherson
is no big deal for Benetta, she was one of those "beloved fellow
Co$ members" who was responsible for having Lisa locked up in her
death bungalow.

Excreting on her memory should be no big deal after helping to
kill her.

Too bad Benetta didn't fight so hard to protect Lisa the ~person~
as she is to protect Lisa the ~name~.

> It now looks as though the Estate of Lisa McPherson will have to file a
> lawsuit against Benetta Slaughter to rightfully reclaim its property.

Co$ kept taking her money after she was dead, gotta make sure nothing
was left, you know. Do you think they really care about any other
thing relating around Lisa, other than fixing the PR flack?

Local Scientologists and a critic of the church both want to
start foundations using the name of Lisa McPherson.

By THOMAS C. TOBIN

St. Petersburg Times, published October 26, 1999

CLEARWATER -- What would Lisa McPherson have wanted?

That question burns at the center of yet another battle between
the Church of Scientology and its critics. Both sides say they
have McPherson's best interests at heart, yet each is using her
name to oppose the other.

McPherson was a veteran Scientologist who died in 1995 while in
the care of church staffers in Clearwater.

On one side, Scientology's top critic said Monday he is
financing a new foundation that will reach out to disaffected
members of the church and educate the public about what he says
are the harmful effects of Scientology.

Robert S. Minton, a retired investment banker from New England,
said a full-time staff is being assembled in Clearwater. They
hope to find downtown office space as close as possible to the
Fort Harrison Hotel, a retreat that Scientologists around the
world consider their "mecca."

The Fort Harrison also is where McPherson, 36, suffered a
severe mental breakdown for 17 days before she died of a blood
clot in her left lung. Her treatment is the subject of a
wrongful death lawsuit in Tampa and criminal charges against
the church in Pinellas County.

The new foundation would be a safe harbor, providing "exit
counseling" for people wanting to leave Scientology, said
Minton, who has spent about $2.5-million over the past three
years fighting the church.

Incorporation papers for the Lisa McPherson Educational
Foundation are expected to be filed this week.

On the other side are local Scientologists who last week
registered two corporations bearing McPherson's name in an
attempt to head off Minton's effort. They acted after news of
Minton's plan leaked out on the Internet.

The leader of the group is Bennetta Slaughter, a Clearwater
businesswoman and a Scientologist who was McPherson's boss and
longtime friend. Slaughter said Monday that her group -- either
the Lisa Foundation Inc. or the Lisa McPherson Foundation Inc.
-- would work as a kind of Anti-Defamation League to stand up
against the "hate-mongering" and "religious intolerance" of
Minton and his allies.

Each side reacted to the other's effort with outrage.

Mike Rinder, a top Scientology official, called Minton's plan
"despicable and disgusting" and said it "brings nothing
positive to the city."

He added: "Bob Minton never met Lisa McPherson. If he had, he
would have spit in her eye."

Slaughter said she and McPherson had known each other since
1984 and spent every day together, celebrating birthdays and
holidays. She said McPherson was a dedicated Scientologist who
never would have wanted her name affiliated with Minton's cause.

"I am sick and tired of this," she said.

Equally passionate was Tampa lawyer Ken Dandar, who has alleged
that Slaughter was partially responsible for McPherson's death.
Dandar represents McPherson's estate in the wrongful death case
and is helping Minton form his foundation. "We did not kill
her," Dandar said. "They have no business using that name."

He said Slaughter's action was "like O.J. Simpson forming a
foundation in the name of Nicole Simpson. It just is ludicrous,
brazen and shameful."

Dandar said it was the dying wish of Fanny McPherson, Lisa's
mother, that some effort be made to educate the public about
Scientology and reach out to its "victims."

But Slaughter and top church officials say they believe he is
lying. Slaughter said Fanny McPherson attended many church
functions with her daughter over the years.

Scientology is trying to deflect the central issue, which is
that "Lisa McPherson died in a most grisly and horrible way,"
Minton said.

>On one side, Scientology's top critic said Monday he is financing a new
>foundation...

I really wish they wouldn't use that phrase "Scientology's top
critic." Bob Minton is probably Scientology's *richest* critic,
but that doesn't make him the TOP critic. There are many other
critics of Scientology who are smarter, more ethical, and
better organized than Bob Minton. If someone's got to be "top
critic," how about we elect one of them?